Non-MLA Awards

Allie Beth Martin Award (ALA)

The Allie Beth Martin Award provides recognition and a $300 honorarium to a librarian who, in a public setting, has demonstrated (1) extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about books or other library material and (2) distinguished ability to share that knowledge. The award was established by the Public Library Association Board of Directors in 1978. After its 1993 fall meeting, the PLA Executive Committee notified PLA Award Chairs that the word "librarian" is defined as a professional possessing a Master of Library Science degree. Therefore, persons, not having earned an MLS are ineligible to receive the Allie Beth Martin Award. For more information, please go to the Allie Beth Martin Award web page on the Public Library Association website.

AASL Awards & Grants

Awards

• Affiliate of the Year Award

• Collaborative School Library Award

• Distinguished School Administrator Award

• Distinguished Service Award

• Frances Henne Award

• Intellectual Freedom Award

• National School Library of the Year Award

• Roald Dahl’s Miss Honey Social Justice Award

Grants

• ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant

• Beyond Words: Dollar General School Library Relief Fund

• Innovative Reading Grant

• Inspire Collection Development Grant

• Inspire Disaster Recovery Grant

• Inspire Special Event Grant

• Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards

• Research Grant

• The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries

Recognition 

• AASL President's Crystal Apple

• Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning

• Social Media Superstars

ACRL Awards

ACRL's awards recognize and honor the professional contributions and achievements of your peers. This special recognition by the Association of College and Research Libraries enhances the sense of personal growth and accomplishment of our members, provides our membership with role models, and strengthens the image of our membership in the eyes of employers, leadership, and the academic community as a whole.

http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards

• Distinguished Achievement Award
• Publication Awards
• Research Awards and Grants
  

ALCTS Awards

ALCTS and its sections honor librarians and information professionals for outstanding and potential achievement in serials, cataloging, acquisitions, published scholarship, preservation, and general technical services librarianship.

Recipients are selected by award juries that are composed of their peers.

Writing/Publishing

• Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award
• ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award

Innovation

• Outstanding Collaboration Citation
• ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation

Professional Achievement

• Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award (Deadline is November 15)
• Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
• Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award
• George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award
• Esther J. Piercy Award
• Margaret Mann Citation (outstanding service)
• The HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award (acquisitions)
• Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award (continuing resources)
• Presidential Citation (special service to ALCTS)
• ALCTS Honors

Achievement for Newer Professionals

• First Step Award, a Wiley Professional Development Grant
• Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant
• Lois Mai Chan Professional Development Grant

ALSC Awards

Professional Awards, including the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture and grants and fellowships to recognize our members, support their outstanding programming, and aid in their continuing education.  Additionally, ALSC administers the Bookapalooza Program, offering three select libraries a collection of materials that will help transorm their collection and provide the opportunity for these materials to be used in their community in creative and innovative ways.

Scholarships. Interested in making a difference in the lives of children and starting your career as a youth librarian?  ALSC sponsors three scholarships for individuals pursuing a master’s or advanced degree in children’s librarianship.

Ginny Frankenthaler Memorial Scholarship (Southeastern Library Association)

The scholarship provides financial assistance towards completion of the graduate degree in library science from an institution accredited by the American Library Association.
The $1,000 scholarship is awarded every two years.

RUSA Achievement Awards

RUSA’s Achievement Awards Program honors the best in reference librarianship and its many specialties. These awards recognize and honor the outstanding professional contributions and achievements of your RUSA peers. This special recognition by RUSA enhances the sense of personal growth and accomplishment of our members, provides our membership with role models, and strengthens the image of our membership in the eyes of employers, leadership, and the librarianship community as a whole.